[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34623-34624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16420]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Comment Period for Specific Individuals for the Supplement to the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the 
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at 
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of comment period for specific individuals.

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SUMMARY: On May 4, 2001, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published 
a Notice of Availability (66 FR 22540) of its Supplement to the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the 
Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at 
Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (Draft EIS) (DOE/EIS-0250D-S) and 
announced a 45-day public comment period ending June 25, 2001. In 
response to requests from the public, DOE extended the comment period 
to July 6, 2001 (66 FR 33534). DOE has discovered that some individuals 
had requested and received a copy of the Draft EIS, but were not sent 
the Supplement to the Draft EIS. DOE has now distributed the Supplement 
to those individuals, and will accept comments from those individuals 
transmitted or postmarked by August 13, 2001.

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DATES: Comments from specific individuals who received a copy of the 
Supplement with a June 22, 2001 letter from DOE regarding this 
oversight are now due by August 13, 2001. DOE will consider all 
comments received from those individuals by that date in preparing the 
Final EIS. Comments received from those individuals after August 13, 
2001 will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and requests for further information on the 
Supplement to the Draft EIS, and requests for copies of the document 
(hard copy or CD-ROM) should be directed to: Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS 
Document Manager, M/S 010, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca Mountain Site 
Characterization Office, P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89036-
0307, Telephone 1-800-967-3477, Facsimile 1-800-967-0739.
    Written comments via facsimiles should include the following 
identifier: ``Yucca Mountain Supplement to the Draft EIS.''
    Written comments on or requests for copies of the document may also 
be submitted over the internet via the Yucca Mountain Project website 
at http://www.ymp.gov, under the listing ``Environmental Impact 
Statement.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jane Summerson, EIS Document 
Manager, M/S 010, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization 
Office, P.O. Box 30307, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89036-0307, Telephone 
1-800-967-3477, Facsimile 1-800-967-0739.
    For general information on the DOE NEPA process, contact: Ms. Carol 
M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (EH-42), 
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20585, Telephone 202-586-4600, or leave a message at 1-800-472-2756.

    Issued in Washington, DC, June 25, 2001.
Lake Barrett,
Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
[FR Doc. 01-16420 Filed 6-28-01; 8:45 am]
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